Professional Development Opportunities

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Please note that being listed on this page does not imply endorsement or approval by the North Carolina Museums Council. To contribute information to this page, contact webmaster@ncmuseums.org. NOTE: numerous workshops, lectures and learning opportunities are available at the annual NCMC meeting and conference. For more details, visit here.

Managing Docent & Volunteer Programs - NCMER Workshop

The NCMER steering committee is offering a workshop focusing on managing an effective and mutually rewarding docent and volunteer program. The workshop will take place on Wednesday, May 14th at the Reynolda House in Winston-Salem. The program will begin at 11:30 with a BYOL (bring your own lunch, or there are restaurants within walking distance) to allow members to have lunch and provide time for networking and collaboration. The program will be presented by Kathleen Hutton, curator of education at the Reynolda House Museum of American Art, and Camille Tewell, docent and volunteer coordinator for the North Carolina Museum of Art.

The formal program will run from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Participants are able to tour the house, museum, and grounds until 4:30 p.m. To register for the program or for more information, contact Kathleen Hutton at khutton@reynoldahouse.org or call (336) 758-5394.

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Disaster Planning for Heritage Collections

This workshop is sponsored by the North Carolina Preservation Consortium for the North Carolina State Historical Records Advisory Board and North Carolina State Archives, with funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Wildfires, hurricanes, tornados, floods, and other natural disaster threaten the survival of our historical, cultural, and educational collections. Facility disasters such as broken water pipes and leaking roofs can be devastating. Our collections may also be targets of vandalism and terrorism. A comprehensive disaster plan and a well trained disaster team can limit the extent of damages and facilitate recovery efforts. This disaster planning workshop addresses:

establishing disaster teams; identifying risks; mitigation ; prioritizing collections; emergency response; damage assessment; communication; health and safety; supplies and equipment; resources; and salvage methods.

Who Should Attend: This workshop is for all personnel with disaster preparedness and recovery responsibility working in local and state government agencies, document and record collections, archives, historical societies, libraries, museums, historic sites, and other heritage institutions. Emergency management personnel and first responders are encouraged to attend. Students in archives, public history, library science, emergency management, and related programs are also welcome.          

Dates and Locations: This workshop will be offered at the following locations:

May 21, 2008 - William Randall Library, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Wilmington, NC.

May 28, 2008 - D. Hidden Ramsey Library, University of North Carolina at Asheville, Asheville, NC.

July 16, 2008 - North Carolina State Archives & State Library of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC.

July 31, 2008 - Carol Grotnes Belk Library, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC.

Instructors: The primary instructor for this workshop is Robert James, executive director of the North Carolina Preservation Consortium. Mr. James has completed training in disaster planning and response for historical, cultural, and educational collections sponsored by the Triangle Research Libraries Network, Southeastern Library Network, National Archives and Records Administration, and the Heritage Emergency National Task Force. He has also attended courses sponsored by North Carolina Emergency Management, a division of the North Carolina Department of Crime Control and Public Safety. He is a member of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine's Southeastern/Atlantic Regional Advisory Council Emergency Preparedness Committee. Other instructors with emergency management and preservation experience will also participate in this workshop.      

Registration: The registration fee for this workshops is $30.00. This fee includes lunch, refreshments, and materials.  Registration forms are available on the NCPC web site under Events (http://www.ncpreservation.org/events.html.)

Cancellation and Refund Policy: Workshops may be cancelled due to low registration or other causes beyond control, such as sever weather. In such an event, registrants will be notified and fees refunded. Otherwise, registration fees are nonrefundable. Substitution of staff from your institution is permitted.

Special Needs & Location Questions: If you have special dietary or access needs, or would like information about a specific location, please contact the following local arrangements coordinator:

Jennifer Corder
Library Secretary
Phone 910-962-3270
William Randall Library      
University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Wilmington, NC  
Phone 910-962-3270
Email   corderj@uncw.edu

Helen Wykle
Curator of Special Collections
D. Hiden Ramsey Library
University of North Carolina at Asheville
Asheville, NC
Phone   828-251-6645
Email   hwykle@unca.edu    

Vivian McDuffie
Secretary's Office
North Carolina Department of Cultural resources
North Carolina State Archives & State Library of North Carolina
Raleigh, NC
Phone 919-807-7394
Email  Vivian.McDuffie@ncmail.net

Eleanor I. Cook
Professor and Librarian
Carol Grotnes Belk Library
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC
Phone   828-262-2786  
Email   cookei@appstate.edu


For additional information about NCPC or disaster planning, please contact: Robert James, Executive Director, North Carolina Preservation Consortium, PO Box 2651, Durham, NC 27715-2651; Phone (919) 660-1157; Email robert.james@duke.edu.

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Film Preservation Workshop

Sponsored by the North Carolina Preservation Consortium, September 19, 2008, 9:30 a.m.– 4:30 p.m.
William Madison Randall Library, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Wilmington, NC

This intensive, full-day workshop will address basic skills to identify, assess, preserve, and provide access to motion picture film. Topics covered in the workshop will include: identification of various film elements, gauges, and stocks; assessment of film decay and damage; proper handling and storage practices; preservation priorities and potential funding sources; and possibilities for access and exhibition. The instructors will combine visual examples, hands-on instruction, and discussion to highlight each topic and special emphasis will be placed on institutions working with limited budgets. The workshop will end by briefly reviewing copyright issues, film preservation in the digital age, recommended vendors, and resources for further education.        

This is an introductory workshop for those who have had little to no film handling experience. Participants will leave the workshop with the skills needed to identify, assess, preserve, and provide access to film materials and the confidence required to integrate motion picture film into outreach and collection development initiatives.    

Instructors: Kirston Johnson is the Moving Image Archivist in the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library at Duke University. She holds a BFA in Film Production from the San Francisco Art Institute and a MSLS from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Prior to joining Duke, Ms. Johnson worked with audiovisual materials at the Southern Folklife Collection at the UNC Chapel Hill Wilson Library and the Greensboro Medical Historical Library. Since arriving at Duke in September 2007 she has helped establish the Full Frame Archive which preserves duplicate preservation masters of all the award-winning films from the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival held every April in Durham, NC.

Stephanie Stewart serves as Moving Image Archivist at Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She was hired by UNC in August 2007 to survey, inventory, arrange and describe, and provide guidance on preservation and access initiatives for moving image materials among Wilson Library’s special collections. Ms. Stewart earned MLIS and MA degrees in a join archives administration program in library science and public history at the University of South Carolina in 2006 and completed the L. Jeffrey Selznick film preservation program at the George Eastman House in 2007.  
 
Who Should Attend: This workshop will be beneficial for all personnel in libraries, archives, museums, and historic sites with film and moving image collections. Faculty and students in library science, archives, public history, and museum programs are also welcome.              

Location: This workshop will be held in room 1022 of the William Madison Randall Library at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.  The address is: UNC Wilmington, 601 S. College Road, Wilmington, NC 28403-5616. Information about the Randall Library is available on their Web site at:   http://library.uncw.edu

Registration: The registration fee for this workshops is $30.00 for NCPC members and $60.00 for non-members. This fee includes lunch, refreshments, and materials. Registration forms are available on the NCPC web site under Events:   http://www.ncpreservation.org/events.html

Cancellation and Refund Policy: This program may be cancelled due to low registration or other causes beyond our control, such as severe weather. In such an event, registrants will be notified and fees refunded. Otherwise, registration fees are nonrefundable. Substitution of staff from your institution is permitted.

Lodging: NCPC has not reserved any hotel accommodations for this program. Information about area hotels is on the Web at
http://hotel-guides.us/north-carolina/wilmington-nc-hotels.html

Special Needs & Location Questions: If you have any special dietary or access needs, or would like information about the Wilmington area, please contact our local arrangements coordinator: Jennifer Corder, Library Secretary, William Randall Library, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Wilmington, NC 28403-5616; Phone 910-962-3270; Email   corderj@uncw.edu

North Carolina Preservation Consortium (www.ncpreservation.org): The North Carolina Preservation Consortium (NCPC) is a 501C3 nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation of educational, historical, cultural, and research collections in our state's archives, libraries, museums, historic sites, document depositories, and record centers. NCPC also informs the general public about preservation to safeguard private collections and family treasures. Our preservation mission addresses the proper care and handling of materials; storage and environmental control; disaster preparedness and recovery; the repair, reformatting and conservation of damaged items; and collection security. NCPC supports the preservation of information content, and the medium as artifact, in new and traditional formats for present and future generations. For additional information about NCPC, contact: Robert James, Executive Director , North Carolina Preservation Consortium, PO Box 2651, Durham, NC 27715-2651; Phone (919) 660-1157; Email   robert.james@duke.edu

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Cultural Respect in Preservation and Conservation

North Carolina Preservation Consortium Annual Conference, November 20, 2008, 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM; William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Preservation and conservation of collections in libraries, archives, museums, and historic sites are guided by professional ethics, standards, guidelines, and best practices. This year's North Carolina Preservation Consortium (NCPC) annual conference will address the issues of cultural respect. Objects of material culture often hold intangible values for the community of origin. Do collection institution leaders honor these values with policies of respect and community collaboration? Some artifacts may not be intended for use or view by the public. Do collection institution caretakers place restrictions on access and exhibition? Some communities may wish to use artifacts in traditional ceremonies and rituals. Do collection institution stewards approve such requests? Some communities believe their cultural objects should deteriorate naturally. Do preservation and conservation professionals permit this to happen? We often profess to champion diversity in our collections. Do we respect multicultural perspectives on the preservation and conservation of heritage collections? Is there a moral imperative to preserve and conserve books, manuscripts, documents, photographs, film, sound recordings, art, and artifacts? Please join us for presentations and discussions on these and other issues of cultural respect and heritage preservation.     

Invited Speakers: Michele Cloonan, Dean and Professor, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Simmons College, Boston, Massachusetts - Prior to coming to Simmons College, Michele Cloonan was Chair and Associate Professor of the  Department of Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles.  Over the past twenty years, she has written extensively in the areas of preservation, book trade history, and bibliography.  Her most recent publications have concerned the preservation of digital media and the moral and ethical dimensions of preserving cultural heritage.  Before she began her teaching career, she worked as a book conservator at the Newberry Library in Chicago, and started the library preservation program at Brown University.  While a professor at UCLA she took a one-year leave of absence and was the Curator of Rare Books at Smith College.  Dean Cloonan has held a variety of offices in the American Library Association, served on the board of the American Printing History Association, and is currently on the Board of Directors of the Northeast Document Conservation Center and the Massachusetts Center for the Book.  She has also served on the editorial boards of Libraries & Culture and Library Quarterly.  Her honors include the Robert Vosper/IFLA Fellows Programme award, the Bibliographic Society of America Fellowship, and a fellowship to the Virginia Center of Creative Arts.  She holds degrees from Bennington College (AB), the University of Chicago (AM), and the University of Illinois (MS, PhD).  She has been a visiting or adjunct professor at Northern Illinois University, the Universities of Illinois, Rhode Island, and Alabama, and Smith College.

Marian A. Kaminitz, Head of Conservation, National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, District of Columbia - Serving as Head of Conservation at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of the American Indian since 1991, Marian A. Kaminitz supervises a staff of conservators, fellows, interns, and contractors.  She was Assistant Conservator in the Anthropology Department at the American Museum of Natural History, New York from 1985 - 1991 and from 1988 - 1998 was also Adjunct Professor of Conservation at the New York University's Conservation Center, teaching a course in the conservation of organic ethnographic and archaeological objects.  Ms. Kaminitz received a Masters of Science in the Conservation of Artistic and Historic Works from the University of Delaware Winterthur Museum Program in Art Conservation. Advanced training included an Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship at the Pacific Regional Conservation Center, Bishop Museum in Honolulu, Hawaii from 1984 to 1985.  She served as the Coordinator for the Ethnographic Working Group of the International Council of Museums Committee for Conservation from 1999-2005 and is currently an assistant coordinator.  Her interests and publication topics include conservation collaborations with Native American community consultants, merging disciplines of traditional cultural care of collections with museum practices, use of museum collections by Native American communities, preserving cultures vs. things, and preservation of intangible aspects of cultural materials.

Karen L. Jefferson, Head of Archives and Special Collections, Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center - Karen L. Jefferson  has over thirty years of experience working in archives.  Before coming to Atlanta she served as the African American Studies Archivist/Bibliographer for the John Hope Franklin Research Center at Duke University.  Preceding Duke, she was a program officer in the Division of Preservation and Access at the National Endowment for the Humanities.  She worked for eighteen years as an archivist at the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University.  She holds a B.A. degree in History from Howard University and received her master's degree in library science from Atlanta University (now Clark Atlanta University).  She was an instructor in the SOLINET Preservation Workshop for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) and the NEH-funded HBCU Archives Institute 2001-2004.   She has served as a consultant assessing archival programs at the Amistad Research Center, Archives Center of the National American History Museum, the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, and the W. W. Law Foundation.  In 2003 the University of Maryland College Park, College of Information Studies presented to Ms. Jefferson the James Partridge Outstanding African American Information Professional Award.  In 2004 she was inducted as a Society of American Archivists Fellow.  This is the highest honor bestowed on individuals by the Society and is awarded for outstanding contributions to the archival profession. In 2005 she received the National Freedom Day Association's Major R.R. Wright Award for exceptional leadership and devoted service in the honoree's chosen profession.  The Robert W. Woodruff Library at the Atlanta University Center serves the information needs of four historically black colleges; Clark Atlanta University, the Interdenominational Theological Center, Morehouse College, and Spelman College. The Library is also the custodian for the Morehouse College Martin Luther King Jr. Collection. 

Corine Wegener, President, United States Committee of the Blue Shield, Associate Curator, Architecture, Design, Decorative Arts, Craft, and Sculpture, Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Minneapolis, Minnesota - Corine Wegener is President of the U.S. Committee of the Blue Shield, a nonprofit organization committed to the protection of cultural property worldwide during armed conflict.  She is also Associate Curator in the Department of Architecture, Design, Decorative Arts, Craft, and Sculpture at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.  A retired major with 21 years of service in the U.S. Army Reserve, she served her last 13 years as a Civil Affairs officer.  Ms. Wegener's last assignment was in Baghdad, Iraq as the Arts, Monuments, and Archives Officer for the 352nd Civil Affairs Command from May 2003 to March 2004.  Her primary duty was to assist the Iraq National Museum after the looting in April 2003.  She is a coauthor of the U.S. Army publication GTA 41-01-002, Civil Affairs Arts, Monuments, and Archives Guide, a resource for soldiers on the protection of cultural property in a wartime environment.  She received her bachelor's degree from the University of Nebraska-Omaha and dual masters degrees in Political Science and Art History from the University of Kansas.

Program Schedule:

8:30 - 9:30     Registration & Refreshments

9:30 - 9:40     Welcome & Opening Remarks

9:40 - 10:40       Michele Cloonan
                                   
10:40 - 11:40    Marian A. Kaminitz
                                   
11:40 - 1:00      Lunch

1:00 - 2:00        Karen L. Jefferson
                                   
2:00 - 2:30        Afternoon Break

2:30 - 3:30        Corine Wegener

3:30 - 4:30       Panel and Audience Discussion

Who Should Attend: All personnel working in libraries, archives, museums, historic sites, and other heritage institutions will benefit from this conference, as well as college and university faculty, and students in library and information science, archives, public history, museum, conservation, and related disciplines.  Community advocates for respect in heritage preservation are also welcome. 

Registration: The registration fee is $60.00 for employees of NCPC member institutions and individual NCPC members, $75.00 for non-members, and $50.00 for students in library science, archives, public history, or museum programs. This fee includes lunch, refreshments, and materials. Please register before November 1, 2008. A registration form is available on the NCPC Web site under Events:   http://www.ncpreservation.org    

Location, Directions, and Parking: The 2008 NCPC annual conference will be held at the William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Friday Center for Continuing Education, UNC Chapel Hill, Campus Box 1020, 100 Friday Center Drive, Chapel Hill NC 27599-1020. Parking is free. Directions to the Friday Center are available on their Web site:http://www.fridaycenter.unc.edu/directions/index.htm

Travel and Lodging: NCPC has not reserved any airline or hotel accommodations. This information is provided for your convenience: Raleigh/Durham International Airport, Web site   http://www.rdu.com; Hotels near the airport: Web site   http://www.rdu.com/travelinfo/areainfo.htm; Hotels in Chapel Hill: Web site   http://hotel-guides.us/north-carolina/chapel-hill-nc-hotels.html#university-hotels

Cancellation and Refund Policy: The annual conference may be cancelled due to low registration or other causes beyond our control, such as severe weather. In such an event, registrants will be notified and fees refunded. Otherwise, registration fees are nonrefundable. Substitution of staff from your institution is permitted.

North Carolina Preservation Consortium   http://www.ncpreservation.org
The North Carolina Preservation Consortium (NCPC) is a 501C3 nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation of educational, historical, cultural, and research collections in our state's archives, libraries, museums, historic sites, document depositories, and record centers. NCPC also informs the general public about preservation to safeguard private collections and family treasures. Our preservation mission addresses the proper care and handling of materials; storage and environmental control; disaster preparedness and recovery; the repair, reformatting and conservation of damaged items; and collection security. NCPC supports the preservation of information content, and the medium as artifact, in new and traditional formats for present and future generations. For additional information please contact: Robert James, Executive Director, North Carolina Preservation Consortium, PO Box 2651, Durham, NC 27715-2651; Phone: (919) 660-1157; Email: robertjamesncpc@gmail.com

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